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Tag: volunteer

Blogging

How to avoid the voluntourism trap

Posted onNovember 25, 2017April 13, 2022

Volunteering is a fulfilling activity that brings people together, constructs positive change, and strives to solve a problem by lending helping hands in places that…

Central & South America

Defying Systems for a Greater Impact

Posted onDecember 1, 2016January 3, 2018

Written by Emilie Enke After a monumental freshman year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I refused to go back to a minimum-wage, minimum-fulfillment job in…

Blogging, Central & South America

Why you should do an AIESEC Exchange

Posted onSeptember 15, 2016

After my AIESEC exchange in Lima, Peru, I gained a lot of valuable friendships, important lessons and beautiful memories. If I can, I would love to…

Blogging, Central & South America

Lessons Learned from Children

Posted onJuly 25, 2016January 24, 2018

As of yesterday, I have already been in Argentina for four weeks (*tear*), working at Centro Comunitario Esperanza and exploring the country. Undoubtedly, during the…

Blogging, Central & South America

Runny Noses and Happiness

Posted onJuly 6, 2016January 24, 2018

You spend your morning outside in the sunshine, enjoying the summer. I spend my morning watching tiny, living blobs of fleece and yarn waddle through…

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